EAT UPthe inside scoop with Lara Mrosovsky
A 6,500 square foot rooftop garden atop Toronto’s Access Alliance provides the community health center’s visitors with opportunities for community development, environmental education, and social health activities. Lara Mrosovsky, the organization’s Green Access Community Animator, engages primarily…
skyline cornucopia
Executive Chef Dana Hauser knows fresh food, and is committed to growing it as close to her kitchen as possible. When Hauser gained her prestigious culinary appointment at The Fairmont Waterfront hotel in 2012, she decided to convert…
getting started
Aspiring rooftop gardeners and farmers often ask me what to look for when selecting a building on which to build their skyline gem. This is an important question, as you never want to commit yourself to…
is NPR interested in rooftop agriculture?
It’s been a busy few weeks for promotion as I’ve participated in a slew of radio interviews aimed at spreading the rooftop agriculture gospel. EAT UP‘s publisher, New Society Publishers, was kind enough to hire the PR firm Open…
green on the horizon
In early April South Philadelphia High School embarked on an unusual fundraising campaign: crowdfunding for a greener urban campus. With only eight days left in this 60 day campaign, the school and surrounding community need your…
a week in the kitchen
What do you in eat in an average week? How much of what you eat is shaped by culture? How much is shaped by your access to fresh fruits and vegetables? How would your diet change…
foodie-ism at its finest
Philadelphians are hot for local food. This week in particular highlights the extent to which urbanites from the City of Brotherly Love are invested in furthering local food production through action, purchasing power, and dialogue. I…
rooftop seed starting
It’s that time again! Spring is around the corner and by now your first round of seedlings should be reaching for the sun… or more likely for their artificial light source. Kick-starting the growing season through…
agricultural roofs in Gaza
Rooftop agriculture is taking root around the globe. With its beginnings in 600 B.C.E. Babylon (present day Iraq), rooftop farming has arrived, full circle, back in the Middle East. According to the online Lebanese newspaper L’Orient-Le Jour, Gazan residents are installing…
fancy plants
Designing and building a rooftop farm may come with a hefty price tag. While many ground-level farms offset costs by expanding acreage, rooftops are limited by the bounds of the building below. So how do you…